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A wild horse {Equus przewalskii P o l i a k o v 1 8 8 1 ) of Mesolithic age from Kempen (Germany, Northrhine-Westfalia, Lippe County) RAINER
SPRINGHORN*)
SPRINGHORN, R. (2003): A wild horse (Equusprzewalskii POLIAKOV 1881) of Mesolithic age from Kempen (Ger many, Northrhine-Westfalia, Lippe County). - Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 52: 40-46; Hannover. Keywords: European wild horse, Mesolithic, anatomy, individual age, systematics Abstract: New skeletal remains of one specimen of the wild horse Equus przewalskii POLIAKOV 1881 from Kem pen (City Horn-Bad Meinberg, East-Westfalia, Ger many) are presented. Its sedimentary deposition immediately near Mesolithic artefacts suggests an appro priate age of 10,000-7,000 BP. The grade of teeth abra sion reveals an individual minimum age of 19 years. A prominenr lower canine proves male sex. A fourth molar in both lower jaws documents an unusual tooth aberra tion, and is explained as a genetic aberration. In compar ison with already documented horse skeletons of historical times from other localities of eastern Westfalia lower premolars, and first lower molar are distinctly (410%) longer and wider. Consequently, also the total chewing surface is larger. This is important, because the measurements of limb bones show a height of withers (129-142 cm) of „small shaped" to „middle shaped" (VITT 1952) for both, the Mesolithic horse from Kempen, and the horses from other eastern Westfalian sites of his torical times.
vor der Gegenwart nahe. Der Abkauungsgrad der Zähne ergibt ein Individualaltet von wenigstens 19 Jahren. Ein kräftiger unterer Caninus beweist, dass es sich um einen Hengst handelt. Die Existenz eines vierten Molaren in beiden Unterkieferhälften ist außergewöhnlich und wird als genetisch bedingte Abnormität gewertet. Im Vergleich mit bereits publizietten Pferden aus historischer Zeit von anderen ostwestfälischen Fundorten sind die unteren Prä molaren und ersten unteren Molaren deutlich länger und breiter ( 4 - 1 0 % ) . Analog hierzu ist die Kaufläche ins gesamt größer. Dies ist deshalb bedeutsam, weil die M a ß e der Extremitätenknochen eine Widerristhöhe von 129-142 cm ergeben, die den Kategorien „kleinwüchsig" bis „mittelwüchsig" (VITT 1952) entsprechen, die sowohl dem mittelsteinzeitlichen Kempener Pferd als auch den Pferden historischen Alters anderer Lokalitäten in Ost westfalen zugeordnet werden können.
1 Introduction In Octobet 1 9 8 9 neat the village Kempen in the eastern Westfalian county Lippe, during an excava tion for a filter bed skeleton remains of the wild horse (Equus przewalskii)
were found. They had
been deposited in a Postglacial earthy marl of a for mer pool, collecting water of three creeks which had been running into the little river Durbeke. The little archaeological site is situated in the north
[Ein Wildpferd (Equus przewalskii POLIAKOV 1 8 8 1 ) aus dem Mesolithikum von Kempen (Deutschland, Nord rhein-Westfalen, Kreis Lippe)] Kurzfassung: Es wird neues Skelettmaterial eines Wildpferd-Individuums Equus przewalskii POLIAKOV 1881 aus Kempen (Stadt Horn-Bad Meinberg, Ost westfalen, Deutschland) vorgestellt. Seine Lage im Sedi ment unmittelbar neben Flintabschlägen der Mittelsteinzeit legen ein entsprechendes Alter von 10.000-7.000 Jahren
ern part of the Egge Range. The bones lay in a depth of 1 . 8 0 m below sutface niveau. Beside the horse bones, regarding other species, one right metatarsal of a roe-deer lus capreolus)
(Capreo
has been identified. Directly at the
basis of the bones, in an undistutbed sedimentaty context, was some flint waste flake of Mesolithic age (LULEY GLITZ
1 9 9 0 : 2 4 - 2 5 ) . The
finder was
JOHANNES
(Campingplatz Eggewald, 3 2 8 0 5 Horn-Bad
Meinberg, Ortsteil Kempen). - The well pteserved *) Anschrift des Verfassers: Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Geol. RAINER S P R I N G H O R N , Lippisches L a n d e s m u s e u m D e t m o l d , Ameide 4, D-32756 Detmold, Germany. E-mail: Springhorn@lippisches-landesmuseum.de
lower jaws show significant teeth aberration which is worthy to be documented. Complete limb bones allowed the calculation of withers height, and a comparison with known historical horses.
A wild horse [Equus przewalskii
POLIAKOV
1 8 8 1 ) of Mesolithic Age from Kempen
Northrhine - Westfalia
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thete have been found no Mesolithic sites of Preboreal age ( 1 0 , - 9 , 0 0 0 BP) with preserved horse bone material. In this area Equus przewalskii seems to have a rather brief occurrence, "beeing confined to the open birch-pine period of the Preboreal, but with an interest ing later re-immigration of Equus in the transition between Atlanticum and Subboreal" ( A A R I S - S O R E N S E N 1 9 9 2 : 1 4 8 ) .
2 Material and Methods Bad Mi tinberg
X Archaeological Site
The here described new horse material is housed in the Lippisches Landes museum Detmold, Department „Boden denkmalpflege" (DKZ No. 4 1 1 9 , 1 2 2 ; U-No. 1 5 8 1 ) . Measurements were made to the nearest 0.1 mm by an anthro pological orifice plate, and a calipet square I N O X from the firm M A U S E R . Calculations of withers height base upon the works of K I E S E W A L T E R ( 1 8 8 8 ) , V I T T ( 1 9 5 2 ) , and especially the critical revision of v. D . D R I E S C H & B O E S N E C K ( 1 9 7 4 ) . Anatomical nomen clature for dentition and skeleton was adopted from A L B E R D I ( 1 9 8 9 ) , N I C K E L , SCHUMMER
Fig. 1: Map with the archaeological site in the notthern Egge Range
Up to now only two horse skeleton complexes from eastern Westfalia with ascertained ages are pub lished ( S P R I N G H O R N 1 9 8 0 and 1 9 9 1 ) . Both are of historical age. Moreover, the tegion between Rhine and Weser is absolutely lacking in Mesolithic and early Neolithic hotse material ( D Ö H L E 1 9 9 9 : 1 5 2 ) . The
assumed Mesolithic age ( 1 0 , 0 0 0 -
7,000
BP)
of the material presented in this papei stresses its importance. Meanwhile, the existence of Equus przewalskii du ring the early Holocene of Northwest Europe is proved by the well known Mesolithic in the Lower and Centtal Rhineland. Mesolithic sites after 1 0 . 0 0 0 BP of stone tool assemblages tevealed horse remains and indicate "that the Preboreal forest cover was by no means closed" ( S T R E E T & B A A L E S 1 9 9 9 : 2 9 ) . Farther to the Notth, in South Scandinavia,
&
SEIFERLE
(1977),
and
Individual age detetmination criteria by incisot abra sion were used in the sense of B R Ö M L E R ( 1 9 5 4 ) . The photographic documentation of bones and teeth were made by a digital camera SIEGFRIED
(1983).
NIKON C 9 9 0 .
According to the cutrent litetature (cf. SIEGFRIED
1983,
NILSON
1983,
VOLF
1972,
STARCK 1995,
and
others) for the wild horse the species name Equus przewalskii P O L I A K O V 1 8 8 1 is used, although C O R BET
(1978: 94),
CLUTTON-BROCK
AARIS-SORENSEN ( 1 9 9 2 : &
BURLEIGH
oldet synonym Equus ferus
(1991)
BODDAERT
147),
and
applied the 1785.
The excavation of Kempen provided several skele ton elements of one individual: Also a few small fragments of the upper skull, three isolated incisots ( l 3 s i n . , I sin.), a right first uppet premolar ( P ) , symphyseal connected lowet jaws with left canine and complete cheek tooth rows, pectotal vertebras 2 3
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9 - 1 2 , fragments of another pectotal vertebta, the last presacral vertebra, sacrum, fragmentary left pelvis with ischium and acetabulum, fragments of six ribs, fragmentary right shoulder-blade, right tadius with distal part of ulna, left tibia, left metatarsal, and left hind phalanx I. Description of upper dentition Only fragmentary disarticulated premaxillas, and negligible remnants of the palate and maxillas imply existence of only a few isolated teeth of the uppet dentition. The two documented upper incisors ( I s i n . ) show subtriangular outlines; that of the I is sidebackwards extended. Tooth crowns are deeply chewed off. On the chewing sutfaces tracks of the enamel core, so called „yellow star", can distinctly be seen. Due to this amount of abtasion an individual age of at least nineteen years is concluded. The angle of 4 3 degrees formed by the plane of abrasion and the direction of tooth crown and tooth root of incisors suggest also an age of at least more than fourteen years. The first right upper premolar ( P ) is also strongly chewed down; consequently its crown is now very low. The areas of fossa anterior and fossa posterior are nearly fused to a narrow ridge. The back contact usur to P is extreme and caused loss of the metalophus.
Tracks of chewing on tooth surfaces are strictly transverse. Mainly the surfaces of P 4 - M 3 are extremely furrowed. On the right mandible thete is a zig-zag crack latetally running down from the irregular molar to the ventral margin of the j a w bone, caused probably by drying after excavation. The medial wall of the ramus ascendens is lightly damaged, the medial pan of the processus glenoidalis broken. The left man dible had only been damaged at the uppermost top of processus coronoideus.
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3 Results and Discussion
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3
Description of lower jaws The incisors bearing frontal region of the muzzle is completely broken up to the canines, but an isolat ed l3sin. is documented. Its subtriangular contout is extended sidebackwards, too. The left mandible shows a strong canine, the right one is only repre sented by its alveole. A wide diastema separates the canine from cheek teeth. Instead of six there are seven cheek teeth. This abnormal phenomenon is documented on both sides of the mandible. The cheek teeth of the left mandible show a stronger abrasion than those of the tight one. Both tooth rows document an increasing grade of abrasion backwards posteriorly. The supernumerary seventh cheek teeth have deeply gtinded off trigonids, and hypoconids. The moderate abtasion of entoconid and talonid of both last molars is possibly referred to the lack of an antagonist on the upper jaws, might, however, be traced back also to the sloping position in the basal part of the ramus ascendens.
The modern horse Equus przewalskii POLIAKOV 1 8 8 1 made its appearance known in Europe in 4 W ü r m II stadial ( K U R T E N 1 9 6 8 : 1 5 0 ) . According to WIEGANK
(1983:
358)
and
NILSON
(1983:
478)
Equus przewalskii already is beside Equus germanicus the relevant horse of the early Weichsel Glacial ( 4 W i i r m I stadial sensu K U R T E N ) . However, I agree with S T A R C K ( 1 9 9 5 : 9 7 1 ) that, despite of a gradual decrease in size of the wild horse since the Middle Pleistocene ( F O R S T E N 1 9 9 3 , K O E N I G S W A L D et al. 1 9 9 5 ) , there is hardly no real morphological differ ence to specialize distinct species. That is w h y I do not see any evidence to establish neither a valid more robust species Equus germanicus NEHRING 1 8 8 4 nor a medium sized Upper Pleistocene hotse Equus remagensis ( N E H R I N G 1 8 8 4 ) (cf. N O B I S 1 9 7 1 : 4 6 ) . The species K przewalskii had been common in the postglacial. The skeleton material presented here is ptesumably of Mesolithic age. Robustness of the left lower canine proves male sex of the speci men. Corresponding by the amount of incisors abrasion an individual age of at least nineteen yeats is supposed. This is supported by the natrow angle between their abrasion surfaces relative to directions of tooth crowns and roots. Enamel faulting and tooth structure confirm three premolars (P2-4) and three molars (M1.3) as normal elements of lower jaw dentition. The irregular seventh tooth exhibits the same pattern as M 3 , but is anteropostetiotly weakly comptessed. According to its position in the jaw bone thete must have been a lengthening of the molateous motphogenetical compartment duting embtyonic ontogeny. Subsequently thete was a tooth germ installation of a fourth lowet molar. In comparison with the eatly Mesolithic horse
A wild horse (Equus przewalskii
POLIAKOV
1 8 8 1 ) of Mesolithic Age from Kempen
10 cm
Fig. 2a: Lower jaw of Equus przewalskii
from Kempen; lateral view of left mandible.
Fig. 2b: Lower jaw of Equus przewalskii
from Kempen; occlusal view.
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Fig. 3: Limb bones of Equus przewalskii
from Kempen; from left to right: Radius dext., tibia sin., and metatarsale sin.
mandible from Seamer Carr (Yorkshire, England) the measurements P2-M3 exhibit modetate differ ences ( C L U T T O N - B R O C K & B U R L E I G H 1991: 240). The premolars throughout are somewhat shortet, but on the contrary, the molats are of equal length (Mi) or slightly longer All cheek teeth are signifi cantly wider with exception of P3 showing equal width. The lower jaw teeth of the horse from Kempen, regarding premolars and first molar, are, compared with those of the historical hotses from Wiinnenberg-Fiirstenbetg, and Lage-Müssen ( S P R I N G H O R N 1980 and 1991) throughout longer and wider (410%); M2 and M 3 are wider but mainly shorter. This relative shortness certainly is depending on the claiming by M4. The total chewing sutface of the tooth row P2-M3 measures 31.38 cm , that of P2M4 34.65 cm . The largest specimen of the historical horses documents a chewing surface of close to 31 cm . Measurements of the limb bones, modified after D R I E S C H & B O E S N E C K (1974), yield results which show certain differences regarding height of withers. The data of radius (140 cm) and tibia (142 cm) 2
2
2
are approximately equal, but the metatarsal (129.3 cm) is significantly smaller. The corresponding classi fication of V I T T (1952) assignes horses with height of withers between 136-144 cm to the category „middle shaped" and those between 128-136 cm to „small shaped". The discrepancy of about 13 cm and 11 cm, respectively, is important. On the other hand D R I E S C H & B O E S N E C K (1974: 3 3 3 - 3 4 ) documented two historical hotse skeletons from the awatian funeral ground of Vienna-Liesing showing differences of 10.3 cm and 9.5 cm. The authors communicated also that measurements of one speci men mostly fall into two categories of V I T T . The ascertained heights of withers coincide completely with those of Przewalski Horse by V O L F (1972: 564): 120-146 cm. Historical horses from the two archae ological sites in eastern Westfalia ( S P R I N G H O R N 1980 and 1991) don't differ significantly in abso lute size, but demonstrate the variability of the domestic successors of Equus przewalskii. In addi tion, dealing with Mesolithic and Neolithic hotse bones, it is not possible to distinguish between the wild and domestic fotm ( D Ö H L E 1999: 151). Thete
A wild horse [Equus przewalskii
POLIAKOV 1 8 8 1 )
of Mesolithic Age from Kempen
is also a coincidation in heights of withers ( 1 4 1 —145.5 cm) with the Late Pleistocene hotse Remagen near Bonn
height of withers of Merowingian-Karolingian hors es
(6-7th and 9th
Fürstenberg
is
century) from
139 cm, and
Wünnenberg-
falls
into
VITT'S
categoty „middle shaped" hotses. T h e mean height of withers of medieval horses (10-11th and
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